United States v. Munsingwear, Inc.

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• holding that the final judgment of a district court retains preclusive effect after appeal when that appeal is dismissed without vacating the judgment below
• holding that the standard practice in federal courts is to vacate judgments that have become moot pending appeal, unless no motion to vacate is made
• holding that where a civil case has become moot pending appeal, the duty of the appellate court is to reverse or vacate the judgment below and remand with instructions to dismiss.
• noting that, when a decision is vacated, the path has been cleared \for future relitigation of the issues\
• stating that a judgment does not lose its finality simply because the party lost its opportunity to appeal when the case became moot
• observing that, where a case has become moot on appeal, \[t]he established practice... is to reverse or vacate the judgment below and remand with directions to dismiss\

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